Consider the likelihood that when species have died out, naturally, it's been a gradual process and the rest of nature has a chance to shift with it. Killing mosquitoes, en masse, would be vastly different. Analogy: Lowering a 50,000 ton block of stone slowly 100 meters vs. dropping it.
Be careful what you wish for. There was an article - google it - regarding the number of bats killed by wind turbines and the direct cost increase to farmers who had to increase their pesticide usage in response. Food prices, of course, also go up. Just as killing mosquitoes wholesale would be "bad" for the "cycle of life," killing off bats would be about as bad, I'd guess.
Personal anecdote: one night earlier this summer, my grand-daughter and I watched a flock of bats at dusk and, though they swooped and came close a few times - we were standing near the pool where the bats would dive bomb to get a drink - they never once threatened us. In addition to being a fascinating show, it was a good lesson for her: bats may -look- scary, but are usually harmless; no need to panic. I'm trying to get her - and her grandmother, and her mother - not to be so frightened by spiders, too, though less successfully.
I don't flat-out disagree with the "can't understand relationship between theory and practice," but I'd say that abstraction is more important than understanding "O-notation", for example. Both are important, but if you can't abstract the core logic of a loop, for example, what's the point of knowing whether it's "O" or "On^2"?
Your depravity and utter lack of concern for human life is remarkable, but not in a good way. If I were a psychologist, I'd invite you to partake in any number of studies aimed at further understanding sociopaths.
The point was that the US govt. could be trusted. The fact that these experiments lasted decades, with multiple changes in executive leadership, and with the experiment leads hoping for death of the human subjects to obtain additional data points suggests otherwise.
It was more than "failing to treat a disease": the study administrators lied and prevented test subjects - aka "United States Citizens", or, more generically, "humans" - from getting treatment in the hopes that the test subjects would die. They also allowed the disease to pass on to children, among other things.
The point was that we could trust the US government not to do something despicable. I think Tuskegee shows otherwise.
And "640 KB RAM should be enough for anybody," right? If you don't like the task of acquiring and managing disk space, why are you in that job? IT is change - constant change. IT is to serve the people who make money for the company.
That doesn't mean that you bend over backwards for any and all requests, but acquiring disk space is a constant fundamental need. "Remove your shit" works only up to a point.
Weren't we told that this did -not- happen? I distinctly recall seeing a denial from the authorities that any water system was compromised at any time.
Seen wrestling parents, lately? You want the definition of "asshole," look no further. It's messed up when a parent or coach is yelling in disgust at a noob four or five years old because they're on their back in their first or second match. And, of course, these parents / coaches are likely to be the fat, beer-drinking rednecks who would probably have a massive coronary 30 seconds into a match of their own, if they had the stones to strap on a pair of wrestling shoes and toe the line.
My son wrestled and did well: a two-time state rep from NY - before they did the two division crap. However, he never did anything that I wouldn't do, including starving himself to make weight during the weekend tournaments, doing extra work after practice, etc. If he was suffering, so was I. I scheduled my work day so I could be at practice almost every day, and often drilled with him in his group. He graduated a few years ago and we're as tight as could be: There's a deep mutual respect because we know the hardships each of us has gone through.
Way too many parents, today, are looking for a meal ticket on the backs of their kids, and their only "skin in the game" is driving the kid to practice or a meet. Fuckers.
How the fuck are they supposed to play lacrosse? Try playing that with a Nerf ball. Or are they banning lacrosse, too, because you might hit someone? Getting beaned with a speeding lacrosse ball teaches you to pay attention to your surroundings. Good lesson to learn. Why do they want their kids to be dumb? (Rhetorical, folks - don't need an answer...)
That's kind of my point: they're using extremes to justify the additional radiation and groping - if we don't do this, people will die!!! - while ignoring our concerns about increased risk of cancer and the trampling of our poor rights. In other words, double-standards.
Really: what's the probability that, if I got my pocket knife past security, I could take the plane down? For this thought experiment, assume that I am -not- Chuck Norris.
Cancer risk, or terrorism... I mean, what's the harm in increasing - hypothetically, of course; they haven't proven it yet - a person's cancer risk when compared with the risk that, by not scanning everything and everyone, a terrorist will get on the plane and, absolutely, positively, undeniably cause that plane to crash into the building that causes the most deaths and financial damage?
In Indian Country - Native American, that is - we have a similar word: Gunnat. Whites - or hon-yo-ohs - didn't generally use it. I grew up with half or more of my buddies Native and would be as likely down on the Rez than in my own neighborhood. In school, if I saw one of my buddies, and exchanged "gunnat" in passing, it was no biggie - for me or them. Other hon-yo-ohs would look at me funny, like I'd just blasphemed.
Now, if I went out to the other rez of this Indian Nation - they have two major reservations about 30 miles apart - and said that to Joe Native, yeah, I might be asking for trouble. In other words, it depends on who you know and how you use it.
My experience differs: I went from Windows and Linux to Mac OSX, learning to use it effectively, and now get frustrated with Windows when I have to use it. Simple things like switching apps - alt-tab - piss me off in Windows. With Expose, I just f9 or f10 to get the window I want. Sure, there are add-ons to mimic Expose, like dexpot, but they don't cover the gap. And, then, something simple like scrolling the window that I'm pointing to with the mouse wheel even if it's not the active window is something I take for granted in OSX, but the lack of it pisses me off in Windows. I also love the ctrl-scroll mouse wheel to zoom in on the screen on OSX. Maybe it exists on Windows; I haven't bothered to look.
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Consider the likelihood that when species have died out, naturally, it's been a gradual process and the rest of nature has a chance to shift with it. Killing mosquitoes, en masse, would be vastly different. Analogy: Lowering a 50,000 ton block of stone slowly 100 meters vs. dropping it.
er, how did they survive before we came along...?
Be careful what you wish for. There was an article - google it - regarding the number of bats killed by wind turbines and the direct cost increase to farmers who had to increase their pesticide usage in response. Food prices, of course, also go up. Just as killing mosquitoes wholesale would be "bad" for the "cycle of life," killing off bats would be about as bad, I'd guess.
Personal anecdote: one night earlier this summer, my grand-daughter and I watched a flock of bats at dusk and, though they swooped and came close a few times - we were standing near the pool where the bats would dive bomb to get a drink - they never once threatened us. In addition to being a fascinating show, it was a good lesson for her: bats may -look- scary, but are usually harmless; no need to panic. I'm trying to get her - and her grandmother, and her mother - not to be so frightened by spiders, too, though less successfully.
I don't flat-out disagree with the "can't understand relationship between theory and practice," but I'd say that abstraction is more important than understanding "O-notation", for example. Both are important, but if you can't abstract the core logic of a loop, for example, what's the point of knowing whether it's "O" or "On^2"?
I'm not suggesting we "make it easier for them". The point was, paraphrased, "We can trust the US gov't." Tuskegee show otherwise.
Your depravity and utter lack of concern for human life is remarkable, but not in a good way. If I were a psychologist, I'd invite you to partake in any number of studies aimed at further understanding sociopaths.
Sarcasm noted.
The point was that the US govt. could be trusted. The fact that these experiments lasted decades, with multiple changes in executive leadership, and with the experiment leads hoping for death of the human subjects to obtain additional data points suggests otherwise.
No. The point was that the US Govt could be trusted.
It was more than "failing to treat a disease": the study administrators lied and prevented test subjects - aka "United States Citizens", or, more generically, "humans" - from getting treatment in the hopes that the test subjects would die. They also allowed the disease to pass on to children, among other things.
The point was that we could trust the US government not to do something despicable. I think Tuskegee shows otherwise.
I prefer "6 Million Dollar Man." That track suit - and his girlfriend...
Let's start with the lawyers and politicians...
Until we're fitted with bio-mechanical replacements that give us near super-powers...
Ok, only partly kidding: I lost my hearing - spinal meningitis - but I do alright, now, with a cochlear implant. Could be worse...
Three words: Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.
And "640 KB RAM should be enough for anybody," right? If you don't like the task of acquiring and managing disk space, why are you in that job? IT is change - constant change. IT is to serve the people who make money for the company.
That doesn't mean that you bend over backwards for any and all requests, but acquiring disk space is a constant fundamental need. "Remove your shit" works only up to a point.
Weren't we told that this did -not- happen? I distinctly recall seeing a denial from the authorities that any water system was compromised at any time.
Seen wrestling parents, lately? You want the definition of "asshole," look no further. It's messed up when a parent or coach is yelling in disgust at a noob four or five years old because they're on their back in their first or second match. And, of course, these parents / coaches are likely to be the fat, beer-drinking rednecks who would probably have a massive coronary 30 seconds into a match of their own, if they had the stones to strap on a pair of wrestling shoes and toe the line.
My son wrestled and did well: a two-time state rep from NY - before they did the two division crap. However, he never did anything that I wouldn't do, including starving himself to make weight during the weekend tournaments, doing extra work after practice, etc. If he was suffering, so was I. I scheduled my work day so I could be at practice almost every day, and often drilled with him in his group. He graduated a few years ago and we're as tight as could be: There's a deep mutual respect because we know the hardships each of us has gone through.
Way too many parents, today, are looking for a meal ticket on the backs of their kids, and their only "skin in the game" is driving the kid to practice or a meet. Fuckers.
How the fuck are they supposed to play lacrosse? Try playing that with a Nerf ball.
Or are they banning lacrosse, too, because you might hit someone?
Getting beaned with a speeding lacrosse ball teaches you to pay attention to your surroundings. Good lesson to learn. Why do they want their kids to be dumb? (Rhetorical, folks - don't need an answer...)
Why not? It works on slashdot. No discussion is complete without a car analogy.
Since when did cold logic have a part in Congressional business?
That's kind of my point: they're using extremes to justify the additional radiation and groping - if we don't do this, people will die!!! - while ignoring our concerns about increased risk of cancer and the trampling of our poor rights. In other words, double-standards.
Really: what's the probability that, if I got my pocket knife past security, I could take the plane down? For this thought experiment, assume that I am -not- Chuck Norris.
Cancer risk, or terrorism... I mean, what's the harm in increasing - hypothetically, of course; they haven't proven it yet - a person's cancer risk when compared with the risk that, by not scanning everything and everyone, a terrorist will get on the plane and, absolutely, positively, undeniably cause that plane to crash into the building that causes the most deaths and financial damage?
Let's be reasonable, people... /snark
At least there were no tanks and the army wasn't involved:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
Not too far off. I'm almost done with this book and I'm not quite sure what "value" these guys provide for the money they get:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_09/b4217086779050.htm
In Indian Country - Native American, that is - we have a similar word: Gunnat. Whites - or hon-yo-ohs - didn't generally use it. I grew up with half or more of my buddies Native and would be as likely down on the Rez than in my own neighborhood. In school, if I saw one of my buddies, and exchanged "gunnat" in passing, it was no biggie - for me or them. Other hon-yo-ohs would look at me funny, like I'd just blasphemed.
Now, if I went out to the other rez of this Indian Nation - they have two major reservations about 30 miles apart - and said that to Joe Native, yeah, I might be asking for trouble. In other words, it depends on who you know and how you use it.
My experience differs: I went from Windows and Linux to Mac OSX, learning to use it effectively, and now get frustrated with Windows when I have to use it. Simple things like switching apps - alt-tab - piss me off in Windows. With Expose, I just f9 or f10 to get the window I want. Sure, there are add-ons to mimic Expose, like dexpot, but they don't cover the gap. And, then, something simple like scrolling the window that I'm pointing to with the mouse wheel even if it's not the active window is something I take for granted in OSX, but the lack of it pisses me off in Windows. I also love the ctrl-scroll mouse wheel to zoom in on the screen on OSX. Maybe it exists on Windows; I haven't bothered to look.